as in obsessions
something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned
their weight is an unfortunate fixation for many teenagers
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Recent Examples of fixations
The world Maddie lives in is populated by eccentric characters who wear their respective fixations on their sleeve.
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Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
One of Loeffler’s biggest fixations was building in backup strategies for his game plans.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
One of Loeffler’s biggest fixations was building in backup strategies for his game plans.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fixations
obsessions
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The movie’s frank depiction of Mishima’s bisexual obsessions and radical political drive, not to mention the involvement of foreign filmmakers like Schrader, Coppola and Lucas, drew a boycott from Mishima’s widow and incensed the ultra-right-wing political groups that continued to lionize him.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
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My twin obsessions were Old Hollywood and Archie Comics.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Fixations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fixations. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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